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American Backlash

The Untold Story Of Social Change In The United States

by Michael Adams ...

THE EXCEPTIONAL SOCIETYIn his insightful, award-winning work Fire and Ice, Environics president Michael Adams explored the growing divergence between American and Canadian values. Using the same mixture of polling and analysis in American Backlash, Adams fixes his penetrating gaze on contemporary America—the exceptional society.Exploding the accepted wisdom of an America divided bitterly into ... Read more

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THE EXCEPTIONAL SOCIETYIn his insightful, award-winning work Fire and Ice, Environics president Michael Adams explored the growing divergence between American and Canadian values. Using the same mixture of polling and analysis in American Backlash, Adams fixes his penetrating gaze on contemporary America—the exceptional society.Exploding the accepted wisdom of an America divided bitterly into
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The Best War Ever

America and World War II

by Michael C. C. Adams ...

Series series The American Moment
The most readable—and searingly honest—short book ever written on this pivotal conflict.Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were fighting for. The war was good for the economy. It was liberating for women. A battle of tanks and airplanes, it was a "cleaner" war ... Read more

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The most readable—and searingly honest—short book ever written on this pivotal conflict.Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were fighting for. The war was good for the economy. It was liberating for women. A battle of tanks and airplanes, it was a "cleaner" war
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Living Hell

The Dark Side of the Civil War

by Michael C. C. Adams ...

A senior military historian presents an unflinching account of the human costs of the Civil War.Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, tend to think of the Civil War as more glorious, less awful, than the reality. Millions of tourists flock to battlefields each year as vacation destinations, their perceptions of the war often shaped by reenactors who work hard for verisimilitude but who ... Read more

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A senior military historian presents an unflinching account of the human costs of the Civil War.Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, tend to think of the Civil War as more glorious, less awful, than the reality. Millions of tourists flock to battlefields each year as vacation destinations, their perceptions of the war often shaped by reenactors who work hard for verisimilitude but who
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Stayin Alive

by Michael Adams ...

Canadian baby boomers now range in age from their mid-40s to mid-60s. This confident and rebellious generation has broken new ground at every stage of life; late middle-age and retirement will be no different.Most boomers are healthier than their grandparents could have hoped to be at the same age. Some have made the pursuit of physical, mental, and spiritual health an all-consuming occupation. ... Read more

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Canadian baby boomers now range in age from their mid-40s to mid-60s. This confident and rebellious generation has broken new ground at every stage of life; late middle-age and retirement will be no different.Most boomers are healthier than their grandparents could have hoped to be at the same age. Some have made the pursuit of physical, mental, and spiritual health an all-consuming occupation.
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Crawford's Affair

by Michael R.E. Adams ...

Bridgerton meets Virginia Woolf in this artfully entertaining romp!Crawford Manor once stood as the nexus of elite society. But now silence and ache consume the halls. Horatio Crawford and his family live very separate lives.So Horatio reignites the summer social season. He strives to reclaim glory.But youth rebels with romance. And enemies scheme. Can he uncover the secrets before his family ... Read more

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Bridgerton meets Virginia Woolf in this artfully entertaining romp!Crawford Manor once stood as the nexus of elite society. But now silence and ache consume the halls. Horatio Crawford and his family live very separate lives.So Horatio reignites the summer social season. He strives to reclaim glory.But youth rebels with romance. And enemies scheme. Can he uncover the secrets before his family
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Unlikely Utopia

The Surprising Triumph Of Canadian Multiculturalism

by Michael Adams ...

Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation. Some pundits argue that similar convulsions will shake Canada’s multicultural foundations. But Michael Adams argues that Canadians don’t see this as inevitable. Far from being disabused of their naïveté by the world’s conflicts and bloodshed, Adams believes Canadians suspect that the world might ... Read more

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Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation. Some pundits argue that similar convulsions will shake Canada’s multicultural foundations. But Michael Adams argues that Canadians don’t see this as inevitable. Far from being disabused of their naïveté by the world’s conflicts and bloodshed, Adams believes Canadians suspect that the world might
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The Spritely Ways of Dark Familiars

by Michael R.E. Adams ...

Series Book 1 - A Pact with Demons
Almon Campbell encounters a cat. The feline accuses his mother of a heinous crime.Justice must be served. And the cat demands only one payment… Almon’s soul.Almon’s first mystery plummets him down the rabbit hole. A world where demons lurk. But something beautiful also awaits. Should he risk it all?Cozy mysteries in a paranormal world. A Pact with Demons investigates uncanny tales with heart and ... Read more

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Almon Campbell encounters a cat. The feline accuses his mother of a heinous crime.Justice must be served. And the cat demands only one payment… Almon’s soul.Almon’s first mystery plummets him down the rabbit hole. A world where demons lurk. But something beautiful also awaits. Should he risk it all?Cozy mysteries in a paranormal world. A Pact with Demons investigates uncanny tales with heart and
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Problems in Lexicography

A Critical/Historical Edition

by Michael Adams ...

Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later.This critical and historical ... Read more

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Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later.This critical and historical
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Problems in Lexicography

A Critical / Historical Edition

by Michael Adams ...

Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later.This critical and historical ... Read more

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Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later.This critical and historical
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Could It Happen Here?

Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

by Michael Adams ...

From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch “elites” are gaining ground across Europe. In vote ... Read more

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From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch “elites” are gaining ground across Europe. In vote
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Slang

The People's Poetry

by Michael Adams ...

Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the ... Read more

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Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the
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Echoes of War

A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture

by Michael C.C. Adams ...

Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past. Historical reenactments draw thousands of spectators; popular histories fill the bestseller lists; PBS, A&E and The History Channel air a dizzying array of documentaries and historical dramas; and Hollywood war movies become blockbusters.Though historians worry that these popular ... Read more

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Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past. Historical reenactments draw thousands of spectators; popular histories fill the bestseller lists; PBS, A&E and The History Channel air a dizzying array of documentaries and historical dramas; and Hollywood war movies become blockbusters.Though historians worry that these popular
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